英语单词分类 轻松记单词

proverbial

副词: proverbially

proverbial基本解释

adj.谚语的;如同谚语的;众所周知的

proverbial同义词

proverbial相关例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  • Wanamaker's wasted half is not entirely proverbial.
    沃纳梅克的“一半浪费论”并不完全只是一个谚语。
  • He seems to have 9 lives, like the proverbial cat.
    他就像格言中所说的猫一样,似乎有九条命。
  • He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.
    他正是谚语中所说的那种方枘圆凿不得其所的人。
  • Their hospitality is proverbial.
    他们的热情好客人人皆知。
  • His generosity is proverbial in the neighbourhood.
    他的慷慨在这一带是众所周知的。

proverbial英英释义

Adjective:
  • of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb;

    "he kicked the proverbial bucket"
    "the proverbial grasshopper"

  • widely known and spoken of;

    "her proverbial lateness"
    "the proverbial absentminded professor"
    "your proverbial dizzy blonde"